Envelope or stamp moistener



(No Model.)

R. SHBBBBARD. BNVELDPE UR STAMP MGISTENER.

No. 509,053. i Patented Nov. 21, 1893;

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEOEGER. SHEBBEAED, OE TEENTON, N Ew JERSEY.

ENVELOPE OR STAMP MOISTENR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,053, dated November 21, 1893.

Application tiled June 13,1893. Serial No. 477,467. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. SHEBBEARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton,in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Envelope or Stamp Moistener, of kwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a pocket stamp and envelope moistener, and it has for its object to provide a portable device supplied with a reservoir or fountain and anabsorbent dau ber or pad and adapted to be carried in the pocket.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, andthe novel features thereof will be particulaily pointed outin the appended claim.

. In the drawings: Figure lis a side view of the device closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the dauber or pad protecting cap removed. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the moistener.

.end with a partition ,-1, having a central microscopic feed perforation 5. The bore of the body portion between the head 2 and the parstamps, envelope flaps, &c.

tition 4 forms a reservoir or fountain 6, adapted to contain water or other moistening fluid, a cap 7 being fitted upon the end ofthe body portion and provided in its top with a cushion or washer 8, which may be of rubber to close the inlet opening 3. The end of the body portion adjacent to the partition 4 is flanged, as shown at 9, thus forming a socket or holder l0, between the partition and the flange-the sides of such socket or holder being convergent toward the extremity of the body portion, whereby the shape of the socket or holder is substantially conical. v

. 1l represents an absorbent dauber or pad, which is preferably of sponge and is fitted in the socket or holder with its outer endrprojecting beyond the mouth of the socket in position to be employed as a means of applying a moistening agent to the surfaces of A cap l2 is fitted upon the endV of the body portion to cover and" protect the dauber or pad when not in use. Y

sponge or other absorbent dauber or pad to be saturated thereby. y

It will be understood that while the tubu lar shape of the moistener adapts it especially to be carried in the pocket, it may be used as a desk appliance. Furthermore, the lshape and finish of the device may be varied within the skill of the mechanic to suit the requirements of the conditions under which it is to be employed, and various changes in the form,proportion,and the minor details of construction may be resorted Vto without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. p

Having described the invention, what I claim is- The herein described stamp and envelope moistener, comprising a tubular body-portion having reduced extremities and inclosed at one end, said closed end being provided with a perforation 3 through which the interior of the body-portion may be filled with a moistening liquid, a partition 4. arranged near the opposite end of the body-portion and forming between the same and the closed end a reservoir, and between said partition and the adjacent end of the body-portion a socket, the walls of this socket being convergent from the partition to the extremity of the body-portion and the partition being provided wit-h a lfeed-opening 5, and removable caps fitted upon the reduced extremities ofthe body-portion to coverl the socket and close the Opening 3, respectively, said socket being adapted to receive a moistening sponge which is held in place by the convergent walls of the socket and is fed with liquid through the Opening 5, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. sri-EBEEARD.

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